Tractor



J. H. SISSEL.

TRACTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1919.

1 ,346,77 1 Patented July 13, 1920.

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TRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIS, 1919.

Patented July 13, 1920.

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J. H. SISSEL.

.TRACTOR. APPLICATION man MAYI3, 1919.

J. H. SISSEL.

TRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY13.1919.

1,346,77 1. Patented July 13, 1920.

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JOHN H. SISSEL, OF LAMONT, IOWA.

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' Application filed May 13,

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, J OHN H. SIssnL, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Lamont, in the county of Buchanan and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Tractor, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a tractor of the general typehaving one'supporting wheel or wheels and adapted to be used in connection with other machinery or vehicles which support one end of the tractor.

A. further object is to provide such a tractor provided with suitable controlling and steering mechanism capable of being controlled from the seat of the vehicle or machine which is drawn by the tractor.

A further object is to provide in such a tractor supporting wheels capable of lateral adjustment in the machine, and having nonskid lugs which connect the supporting wheels.

With these and other objects in View my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device whereby theobjects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: 7

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a tractor embodying my-invention, having the removable truck for supporting one end of the tractor when it is not in actual use with other machinery. 7

Fig. 2 shows a top or plan view of the same, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 shows a top or plan View of the variable speed gearing mechanism.

Fig. 4 shows a detail, sectional viewof the axle and one of the wheels thereon.

Fig. 5 shows a detail, sectional view taken on the line 5'5 of Fig. 4; I

F 6 shows aside elevation partly in section of the steering and controlling mechanism.

Fig. 7 shows a detail, sectional View taken on the line 7- of Fig.

Figs. 8 and 9 show detail, sectional views of the sectors used in connection with the controlling levers.

Fig. 10 shows a detail view of the tongue hitch.

Fig. 11 shows an enlarged, detail, sectional view of one of the controlling levers; and

TRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13,1920. 1919. Serial No. 296,838.

Fig. 12 shows a top or plan View of the modified form of my tractor.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the laterally spaced longitudinal frame members of my tractor.

Supported by the frame members 10 is an axle 11. Supported at the rearward end of the frame and connecting the members 10 is a gear casing 12, resting on'which is a prime mover such as the gasolene engine 13;

Located at the front of the machine to partially counter-balance the weight of the engine and gears is a water tank 14, just rearwardly of which and forwardly of the axle is the fuel tank 15. j

Over the top central portion of the machine is acasing or cover member 16, and a cover member 17 is. provided for the engine.

Suitable fenders 18 are tractor wheel or wheels- In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 I have fixed :on the axle. 11 between the frame members 10, a double wheel comprising the wheels 19. Each wheel member 19 has ahub- 20. The-axle ,11 is provided with a longitudinal slot 21 which receives a tongue or thelike 22 formed on the hub 20, whereby each wheel member is slidably but non-rotatably mounted on the axle. The axle is provided with a series of openings 23, and each hub 20 is providedwith spaced alined openings 24. The wheel members 19 are thus capable of lateral adjustment, in the machine on the axle 11, and maybe locked in any of their adjusted positions by means of bolts 25 extended through the openings 24 and selectively'received in the openings 23.

' For connecting the wheel members. 19 together and thus forming one supporting wheel,I have provided a series of angle iron lugs or bars 26, each having a pair of elongated openings 27. Bolts 28 are extended through the openings 27 and through openprovided for the ings 29in the'rims 30 of the wheel members 32, formed on one end of which is a cone clutch member 33 shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The sleeve 82 has a pair of parallel annular ribs 34. Received in the groove belever 36' yieldingly tends to hold the clutch members 33 and 39 in engagement. r V On the shaft is a sprocket wheel 41. In the gear casing 12, below the shafts 31 and 38, is a shaft 42. On the shaft 42 in line with the sprocket 41 is a sprocket 43. A chain 44 travels on the sprockets 41 and 43 for imparting rotation from the shaft 38 to the shaft 42. On the shaft 42 is a series of gears v45, 46, 47, and 48 which are gradually reduced in sizefrom the gear 45 to the gear 48. In meshwith the gear 48 is an idler gear 48.

Suitably mounted in the gear casing 12 is a countershaft 49 on which are slidably mounted gears 50, 51, 52 and 53. j 7

Fixed on the shaft 49 is a clutch member 54 designed to coact with the clutch member 55 on the gear 50.

Fixed on the shaft 49 is a double clutch 7 member 56 designed to coact with clutch 'members 57 and 58 on the gears 51 and 52 respectively.

Fixed on the shaft 49 is another clutch member 59 designed to coact with the clutch member 60 on the gear 53.

On the shaft 42 is a belt pulley 61 from which other machinery maybe run. On the shaft 49 are sprockets in line with sprockets 64 and65 on the axle 11. Chains 66 and 67 travel on the sprock5 ets 62 and 64 and the sprockets 63 and 65 respectively. On the shaft 49 and slidably mounted between the gears 50 and 51 is a controlling sleeve 68. On the gears 50 and 51 are formed disks 69 and 70 receivedin suitable journals 71 on the sleeve 68.

Pivotally connected with the sleeve 68 is a lever 72 which is pivoted betweenits ends at 73 on the gear casing 12 and projects through thewall of the gear casing, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

' Mounted on the shaft 49 between the'gears 52 and 53 is a similar controlling sleeve 74 slidably mounted and provided with journals 75 to receive disks 76 and 78 on the gears 52 and 53. Pivoted to the sleeve 74 is a lever 79 which projects through the wall of the gear casing 12 and is pivoted at 80 to said gear casing.

'Mounted at the rearward endof the frame is a curved rack bar 81.

At the rearward endof the frame are vertically spaced brackets 82 and 83. Pivoted to the brackets 82 and 83 are brace members 84 and 85 extending, respectively, upwardly and rearwardly, and downwardly and rearwardly, and secured at their rearward ends 62 and c3 to a tongue 86. The front end of the tongue 86 extends adjacent to the frame and has an anti-friction roller 87. Mounted in the tongue 86 adjacent to the rack 81 is an upright shaft'88 on the lower end of which is a gear 89 which meshes with the teeth of the rack 81.

Supported on the tongue 86 near V the shaft 7 88 is a frame 90, the upper end of whichv sal j oint is, a rearwardly extending steer- 7 ing rod 96. 7

-On the rear end of the steering-rod 96 is a steering wheel 97. Supported on the tongue 86 is a pair of laterally,spaced,- upwardly extending arms 98 connected at their upper ends on a cross member 99, and havtube 104 is a collar 105 r j .100

' ingin their rear edges-a series of notches to one of the frame members 98, yieldingly holds the frame members 98 in engagement with the pins 106 and 103. V V V Mounted on the rear end of thetubular member 104 is a sleeve 108. In the tubular member 104 in the upper. and lower walls thereof are openings 109 and 110, as illustrated. in Figs. 6 and 7. On the lower part of the sleeve 108 are brackets 111, 112

and 113. In the sleeve 108 in the lower part thereof adjacent to the brackets just mentioned are slots 114, 115, and 116. Pivotcd to the brackets 111, 112, and 113, re-. spectively, and extending upwardly through the slots 114, 115, and 116, and through the openings 109, and 110 and through an opening 117 in the upper part of the sleeve'108 are levers 118, 119, and 120. Each-of these levers has. a pivoted handle 121, with .a link 122 pivoted thereto. 1 Pivoted toreach link 7 is an ordinary spring controlled locking pawl 123. Supported on the sleeve 108adjacent to the respective levers 118, 119,and 120 are'sectors 124, 125, and 126.

The lever 118 is the lever for controlling and shifting the gears for throwing the .and the levers 74 and 7 8.

gears into intermediate and high, and the lever 119 is the lever for throwing the gears into low and reverse. I f

The sector 1241 has three notches 127, 128 and 129, shown inFig. 8, forre'ceiving the pawl of the lever- 118, when the gears {operatively controlled by said leverare in re-' verse and low respectively;- The sector 125 has three notches 130, 131, and'132 to receive the pawl of the lever 119 when'the gears controlled by said lever are in inter-' mediate, neutral and high, respectively.

The lever 120"is the clutch member and thesector 126 has two notches 133 and'1'341 for receiving the pawl of the lever 120 when.

the clutch is in and out, respectively. Each of the levers 118, 119 and 120'has a longitudinally elongated slot 135, in which.

is slidably received a pin136. V

' The lever 118 is pivoted, by means of -a pin 136 in the slot 135 insaid lever, to a link 137 which extends longitudinally through the tubular member 104. Connected with the forward endof the link 137 is a cable 138 which extends around guide pulleys 139 and 1&0, shown in Fig. 3, and-is then securedto therear end of-the lever :79.

The pin 136 of the lever 119. is connected with a rod 141 which extends to the, for

ward end of the'tubular member. 104. f A 7 cable 142 is connected with the rod 141,- and is thence extended around guide pulleys 1&3

and 144, shown in Fig.8, and is thense cured to the rear end of the lever 72. A strong coil spring 1 15 connects the levers 7 9 and 72 between their pivot points The pin 136 of the 1ever120 visconnected with the rod 1 16 extending forwardly in" the tubular member 10L .Securedto the forward: end of the rod 146 is a Ca b10514? whichextends aroundthe guide pulley 143 and is then secured to-the"rearendioiz-the clutch controllinglever 36.1 1 7 fix .a pin 159.

The tongue 86 may be 'connected with the tongue of, a wagon, or a -machine, by extendingfthe tongue of 'such'otlrer; machine or wagon or the like tl'irou gh yokes 14 8' on the tongue 86, and extending through the tongues a suitable bolt. g y L I In Fig. 10 I have shown a slightly modified form of connecting two' such tongues together; Thetongue 86, as shown in Fig. .10, securedat its forward end by; ineansfof a bolt or pin 14:9 to the tongue hitch A tongue 150 is secured to the ton ue hitchby A bolt 149 1 fastens the two: portions of-the tongue hitch together and-allows pivotal movement] Fixed to the tongue hitch near itsyconnected endsare U -s haped limiting devices 151;.and12, the arms; of which-project toward each"; other, as illustrated in Fig. 10. ,Co'nnectingrthe limiting devices 152 at the rightof" the {)nthe shaft 166Jis I tongue is a spring 153, and connecting said devices at the left of the tongue is'a similar spring 15% The springs 'norma'llytendto hold the tongues in alined substantially horizontal position. 1 l -Wl 1en, howeven' owlngto mequaht esiin the ground over which .the machine travels or other causes, "thetongues tend tOfbUl'CkIe, 5' 8 the arms 155 of'theflimiting"devicesengage 7 each other, when such tilting {reaches acertain point, and limits such tilting. For supportingljthe rearward end of the tractor. when it is --not =used-for1 haulingf otherniachinery or 'conveyen I' have detachably connected with the tongue "86 a suitable fork 156. The fork 156 (may be fastened'to the tongue 86 by means of bolts 157 or the like'which are readily -'r'emk'jvab'le.

The fork1'56 preferably 'comprises"a frame, supporting atrans'versely arranged '='axle' l-58 on which are laterally spaced "wheelsl59g- In Fig. 12" Ihave 'shoWn"a -m0 ;1ifi d orm ofmy invention in whiclithe main "frame has the spaced longitudinal membersTlGQ bers 161.-

on a shaft 166.1

ailing the Shift gears.--

.-Mounted in the-frame onawhioh, onio'pposite.sides-ofthe-engine 162,.ai2e large traction. wheels 169. The

shaft :170v is operated. from the shiftgears and: is connected with theshait 168:;by.f-

a 72,-173fiand '1 and chains175and-i76 c he device shown i'n'F witha wagon or. other-piece of"machineryin the same manner as the preferred form 8 f my; device, ,hereinbefore more; fully; de-'- scr b dr Q-Inthe practlcalnse of my i'mprovedtracr' ;tor, where the tractor isnot connected'with another;rpiecenof machinery or vehicle, itlis 5 used with; a fork-such asdthat shown fin Figs. 1 and 2.- I

W;hen the tractoris desired for-use vwith any; other vehicle or piece of machinery v such as .abinderjorthe like,,-the -fork is1re. ;f I n oved and the tongue-'86 is connected with', the tongue of-the-vehicleor machi'neinftl-ie ,manner illustrated inFig. 6 0 -Fig 1Q.

{wardly .Lfar enoughjso th at f they le acl, essible from-til .seat'foi a'wagon' orjbl" tor the'likel Themeans for supportingthe controlling .leversand the steering wheel, extends rear- 1 r extending through said tubular member and imparting rotation tosai-d wheel-fromsaid to bring the drivers seat onthe vehicle or other .machine to position convenient for operating the steering wheel97 and the conand the rack 81.

. It will be seen trolling levers. I i i N that the tubular member 194 and the steering rod 96 may be readily raised from the rear ends thereof; When they are thus raised themembers 98 will be forced fOrWardly againstthe tension of the spring 107 until the pins 106 and '103 slide into another notch. a Y .7 In order to lower said members, the members 98 must be swung forwardly by hand, but-said members may be raised andwill be automatically supported in their new positions.

It willbe noted that the'tractor is steered by swinging the rear end laterally by means of the steering wheel andsteerin'g rod, the gears-93,-'and 94c, the shaft-88,.the gear 89 An adjustment of the Width ofthe twopart wheel ofv the form of my invention. .-illustrated in Figs; 1 and 2 mayibe readily had for varying the .width of the traction wheel, andthereby varying'the tread sur- :faceand the traction whichcan be secured.

' the axle 11.

This adjustment is. had in the. manner hereinbefore described byloosening thebars 26. and removing the bolts. '25, and 'then H shoving the wheel members 1'9laterallyon Some changes parting from'the essential features and purposes'of my'invention, and it is my inten- 40 cluded within their scope.

tion'to coverby my claims "any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents whichmay be reasonably in -I claim as my invention '2 1. In a deviceof the class described; a frame; an axle thereon; a wheel on said axle; an engine on said frame;'means for imparting rotation .to said wheel from said engine, including a variable speed gearing device and a' clutch; a tongue pivoted to said frame means supported on said tongue for controlling said variable speed'gearing device, said means including a tubular member pivotally supported at its, forward end; a plurality of levers mounted on said tubular member, cables operatively connected with said variable speed gearing'device and operatively' connected with said levers.

2.Ina device of the class described; a

"frame an axle'thereon; a wheelon said axle; an engine on said frame; means for engine, including 'a'variable speed gearing device and a" clutch; a-tongue pivoted. to

said frame; means supported on said tongue for controlling said variable speed gearing may be made in the con- "struction'and arrangement of the various parts of my improved device without de- Des device, said means including a tubular member pivotally supported at itsforward end; a plurality of levers mounted on said {tubuaxle; an engine on said frame; means for impartingrotation to .said wheel from said engine,'including a variable speed gearing device and a clutch; a tongue pivoted to said frame; means supported on said tongue device, said means: including atubular' member pivotally su pported at its forward end; a plurality of levers mounted'on said tubuwith saidlvariable speed gearing deviceand extending through said tubular member and operatively connectedv with said levers;

means for adjust-ably{supportingsaid tubu lar member 1n varlous positions "of its vertical swinging movement; said last means 7 including aplvoted notched member; a. pin -pro ect1ng from said tubular member and adapted to coact with said notched member;

for-controlling said variable speed gearing lar member, cables operatively. connected and means for yieldingly holding said notched member in engagement-with said pin. 4. In a device of the class described; a

frame; an axle thereon; a wheel onsaidaxle; an engine on said frame; means for lmparting rotation to sa d wheel from-said engmeyatongue pivoted to said frame; a

curved ITLCkbHJI'QOH saidframe'; a shaft supported by said tongue,havi ng a gear meshing with'said'rack bar a second shaft-sup ported on said tongue, and operatively con 3 nected with said first shaft; 'a stee'ring rod connected with said'last shaft by means i of a universal joint; means for supporting said steering rodin a variety of vertically ad usted 'positlons, said means" including a pivoted notched member; pin on said rod adapted to coact with said notched member;

notched member in engagement with said and means for yieldingly holding said.

pm, said rod being capable of. rotation with relation to said pin and said notched member-f"' 5}"In a jdeviceof the' class describedy 'a tractor havinga tongue; a second tongue pivoted tosai'd first tongue; U-shaped limiting devices on said tongueadjacent to each Moines, iIowa, April'23, 1919 other, and having their arms forked toward each'other in alinement s'prings connecting said limiting devices atthe sides'of said tongue.

JOHN H. sissnt. 

